“Action is being taken in this regard,” Jagdish Dhiman, assistant director of the Food Standards and Safety Wing, said on Wednesday.
After the samples of ‘Rota’ sold at the temple trust shop of Hamirpur failed, the samples of ‘Golgappa’ water and coffee in Una district of Himachal Pradesh have been found to be substandard in the test, while the samples of mustard oil have failed in the test. Have become. A total of 17 samples collected randomly from food shops and street vendors in Una city were recently sent for testing to the composite testing laboratory at Kandaghat in Solan district. Presence of color was found in Golgappa. Officials said that according to the rules, color cannot be used in water.
On Tuesday, samples of ‘rota’ being sold as prasad at the Baba Balak Nath temple in Deyothsiddh in Hamirpur district were found unfit for consumption. The temple management had closed the shop on Wednesday and said that the shop would soon be outsourced. On the other hand, reports of three out of 17 samples have come from Kandaghat laboratory. Of these, two are substandard and one is “mis-branded”.
“Action is being taken in this regard,” Jagdish Dhiman, assistant director of the Food Standards and Safety Wing, said on Wednesday. Questions are being raised over the quality of spicy water served with Golgappa, a popular snack among people, especially the young generation, across the country. Golgappa water samples taken by the Food Standards and Safety Wing in Una have been found to be substandard. The mustard oil sample was found to be “mis-branded”, meaning it was adulterated, while the ready-to-serve coffee sample was found to be substandard, officials said, adding that further action would be taken in the matter. . , officials maintained.
Officials said the state government has issued strict instructions to the health department to ensure that only quality products are sold in the markets and those violating the orders are booked as per the law of the country.
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